Farm-gate



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D. C. DENIS.

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Patented Mar. 23, 189'?.

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tra Srarns DAVID C. DENIS, OF NINE MILE, INDIANA.i

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,319, dated March23, 1897.

Application filed December 16, 1896. Serial No. 615,861. (No model.) v

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, DAVID C. DENIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nine Mile, in the county of Allen, in the State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farin-Gates; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in farm-gates which are adapted fortilting and the varying adjustments required for farm use, particularlyin separating different kinds of stock. Such as have been heretoforeconstructed are often complicated, requirin g special castings for theoperative parts, which are often inconvenient to procure and almostinvariably too expensive to be practical for use by ordinary farmersforlanes and in farm division-fences- The object, therefore, of myinvention is to provide a farm-gate simple and substantiallyconstructed, adapted for allthe ordinary adjustment-s required foravoiding snow-drifts, separating stock, and all other farm uses, and socheaply constructed as to be within the means of all, requiring nospecial castings, not liable to get ont ot repair, and that can be madeand repaired without other mechanical skill than is possessed by theaverage farm-hand.

My invention comprises an ordinary farm gate pivotally suspended upon ahinged supportinghanger,and adapted to swing in either direction, and tooperate witheither end to the latch-post, and adapted for convenientvertical adjustment, and to be rigidly secured in position at anydesired angle of inclination, and having both a vertical and swingingmovement.

The novel features of myinvention consist in the simple, cheap, andetlicient means for adapting the gate for its various adjustments.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated intheaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved gate, partly open7 showing the pivotal connection of the gatewith the supportingframe. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showing thegate tilted obliquely, and also in dotted lines its horizontal elevatedposition. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the free end of the horizontalsupporting-arm on which the gate wis pivoted, and Fig. 4 is a detailofthe bracket by which the gate is pivotall y suspended upon in thedrawings, by a j ou rnal'having its bearing in a block 6, secured to theupper end of a ground-post 5 and at its lower end byalike journal in ashort post 7. For these journals and block 6 and post 7 proper hingessecured to the frame-post and ground-post may be substituted, it'desired. Upon the upper and lower sides of the free end of the arm 3 aresecured slotted plat-es 8 and 1 A vertical flaring slot l0 passesthrough Vthe arm 3 and forms a continuous slot with the slots in theplates 8 and 9, shown in Fig. 3.

Upon the middle upright strip 1l of the gate is rigidly secured avertical metallic rod or bracket 13, having transverse perforations 14and a lug l5 at its upper end, upon which the gate is supported whenlowered to its eX- treme limit. The bracket 13 passes through the `slot10, and thereby the swinging gate is mounted upon the arm 3, and whenelevated is supported by a pin or bolt l6,pass`ed through one of theperforations 15. A latch-post 12 has upon it any proper latch 17. Oneach side of the groundepost 5 is fixed a proper hook 18, adapted toreceive the end of one of the horizontal boards of the gate l to secureit against displacement when closed and to afford a support for the rearend of the gate when elevated above its normal position. The other endof the gate may be supported by one of the boards resting upon the latch17, or hooks like 1S may be inserted in the latch-post for an end of oneof the boards to rest in when the gate is so elevated. It is IOO obviousthat the gate so mounted will swing either way and can be readilyadjusted with either end adjacent to the latch-post.

The operation and manner of using my improved gate are, brieliy stated,as follows: When the gate is closed and in its normal position, it issupported by the lug 15 of the bracket 13, resting upon the plate 8, andwill be secured by the hook 18 at its rear end and the latch 17 at itslatch end. Detaching it from its latch-fastening it can be readily swungopen with the swinging frame comprised of the post 2 and itshorizontally-braced arm 3 as one gate. When it is desired to open thegate but on e-halt or other part of the way, it can be readily done bydisengaging the rear end from the hook 18. It can then be swung at anydesired angle with the supporting-frame, as shown in Fig. 1.

It it is desired to elevate the front end ot the gate to avoid deep snowor drifts, it can be readily done by detaching the fastening at that endand vertically raising the end, the rear hook 18 forming a fulcrum forthe gaterail, whose ends are sufficiently extended for that purpose, andthen inserting` the pin 1G in one of the perforat-ions 14, as shown inFig. 2. The flaring slot 10 will permit the free movement of the bracket13 for that purpose, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

It it is desired to elevate the gate and secure it in that position topermit the passage of small stock, as hogs or sheep, the operatorelevates the front end, as described, then detaches the rear end fromits engagement with the hook 18 and swings it to a horizontal positionupon its pivotal support 16. One of the lower horizontal boards of thegate is then interlocked with the hook 18 at one end and secured at theother end with the adjacent latch. The operator can thus manipulate thegate into any desired position of either lateral or vertical adjustment.

When it is desired to lower the gate to its normal position, theoperator removes the pin 1G, after which the gate, being detached fromthe hook 18, will descend by its gravity until lug 15 is supported uponplate 8.

It is obvious that by my improved mechanism the convenience of operatingthe gate is greatly increased, while all the additional weight andstrain incidental to lever-operating devices are avoided. The metalparts, as the bracket 13, the plates 8 and 9, and the hinges, when theseparts are of metal, can be made by any blacksmith and the wholecoustructed without skilled labor at a very economical cost.

The mechanical details of my invention can be variously modified withoutdeparting from the spirit ot' my invention, which consists of theemployment of abracket mount-ed in the slotted end of the swingingframe, as shown, in combination with other parts of the gate.

To prevent loss of the pin 16, it may be secured by a chain and stapleto the arm 3 or other adjacent part of the gate. The plates 8 and 9 maybe omitted, and the pin 1G may be inserted in a perforation through theslotted end of 3 instead of resting upon the upper side, as describedand shown in the drawings.

To prevent the displacement of the gate when in its normal position byhogs or other animals, the pin 1G may be inserted in one of theperforations on the under side of the arm 8.

IIaving thus described my invention and the manner ot using the same,what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a farm-gate thecombination of a post, a hanger-'frame pivotally connected to said postand provided at its free end with a vertical tlaring slot; a gate; asupporting-bracket having transverse perforations, passing through saidslot and centrally secured to said gate; apin or bolt adapted to beinserted in said pertorations in the bracket for supporting the gatewhen elevated above its normal position, wherebysaid gate has a verticaland a horizontal swinging movement upon the hanger-frame, and is capableof vertical adjustment, all substantially as described.

2. The combination in afarmfgate of a post; a hanger-frame having apivotal connection with said post, and having at its free ends metallicplates secured upon the upper and lower sides thereof, and provided witha vertical iiaring slot in said free end and said plates, as shown; agate; a supporting-bracket having transverse perforations, passingthrough said slot and centrally secured to said gate; a pin adapted tobe inserted in said perforations in the bracket for supporting the gatewhen elevated above its normal position, whereby said gate has avertical and a horizontal swinging movement upon the hanger-frame, andis capable of vertical adj ustm ent.

3. In a farm-gate, the combination of a swinging hanger-frame providedat its free end with a vertical {iaring slot for the purpose specified;a gate; a supporting-bracket rigidly fixed upon said gate midway theends thereof, passing through said slot, and having a series ottransverse perforations; a pin adapted to be removably mounted in saidperforations, for the purpose of supporting said gate when elevatedabove its normal position, whereby the said gate has both a vertical anda horizontal swinging movement upon the hanger-frame, and is alsoadapted for a vertical adjustment on said frame, all substantially asdescribed.

Dated and signed at Fort lVayne, Indiana, this 12th day ot' December,1806.

DAVID C. DENIS. lVitnesses:

1. L. Ross LEwIN, A. T. RANDALL.

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